Douglas Bates
2006-Jul-31 22:37 UTC
[R] Fred Mosteller and the "star" data from package "mlmRev"
In writing about the star data from package "mlmRev" I was reminded of a comment in the New York Times obituary, "C. Frederick Mosteller, a Pioneer of Statistics, Dies at 89", that appeared on July 27. In part it stated "In the 1980's, he was instrumental in persuading Tennessee to conduct a controlled study on the effect of classroom size. The study showed convincingly that smaller classes significantly helped children from poorer minority families." I believe this is referring to the study that generated the star data in package "mlmRev".